It's Carnival time in Grenada. We attended the steel pan orchestra competition at the National Stadium in St. George's on Saturday night with several busloads of cruisers. It was fun, but a lot of time was spent in set up and tear down of the seven bands. To see these orchestras perform was great - 70 to 100 musicians, with music you won't hear anywhere else. It is reminiscent of calliope music. Steel pans originated in Trinidad, just to the south of us, with musicians making instruments out of discarded fuel drums.
The big costume parade was on Tuesday - with some great costumes, including stilts. One of the steel pans had live music in the parade also.